Science Fiction & Fantasy author
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| line in the road of my personal space |
I posted this prompt at least a year ago on Twitter as I was posting writing prompts there. But I decided that there were plenty of other groups and individuals doing the same so I quit. However, I really liked this prompt, so I am posting it here.
He leaned in to me, past the line I draw that says, “You’re too close.”
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| MASK, mask |
Often people have a persona that covers their true self. Take that idea of a mask and apply it to a character. Design them with a strong personality, but beneath it have a second sense of self that is kept hidden. As you design these two sides (interior true self and exterior mask), try to have a few aspects cross between the two. Both prefer to listen rather than speak first or both like the color blue. The interior escapes from inside when it fits the exterior persona.
So the tough guy that throws knives so well is crazy about practicing darts before bed.
Start with something enormous and begin describing by taking your description from the general to the specific, the large to the tiny. For example, from a mountain to the bobbing wild flower gone to seed.
Today imagine yourself or a character doing a common activity, i.e., washing dishes. In the process of this activity, have a mythological creature appear. How would your character or you react to such an event? Write about it.
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| Spirit of the cave |
For example: Let’s say you choose dish washing. Imagine as the water was flowing out of the tap, you (or your character) realized the water was looking just like a foot disappearing down the drain as if a water spirit had flowed out of the tap. What would happen? Would you turn the water off or reach for the disposal switch? Would you back away or grab for the foot. Write out the scene and find out.
Happy New Year prompt:
Write about what you are hoping for in this new year, what a new year might bring to a character’s story that you are working on or work on a poem about bringing in a new year. Speculate as far as you can go.
Just like this kaleidoscope picture, imagine turning the view on the new year and seeing what a small shift in perception or action might bring.
Well, Christmas is here, so enjoy your time with family and friends. Soak it all in. Bits of it will foster your writing, and all of it will grow your relationship with family. So I hope you haven’t been hanging out on the internet reading this blog and my prompt yesterday (for if you had then you would have noticed I was late in posting my writing prompt, too busy soaking in the family).